Concentrations, sources, and fate of the gasoline oxygenate methyl tert- butyl ether (MTBE) in a multiple-use lake

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3666-3672

  Reuter, John E ^a   Allen, Brant C ^a   Richards, Robert C ^a   Pankow, James F ^b   Goldman, Charles R ^a   Scholl, Roger L ^c   Scott Seyfried, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Alpha Analytical Inc   (United States)

^d Levine Fricke Recon   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL ADDITIVES; GASOLINE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAKES; PUBLIC POLICY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; MOTORIZED WATERCRAFT; MULTIPLE USE LAKE;

LAKE POLLUTION;

TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

LAKE POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LAKE; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032403969     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9805223     Document Type: Article

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